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From: Justin Stanford <jus@security.za.net>
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To: Bryan Taylor <btaylor@berkano.pair.com>
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Subject: Re: Gigabyte 1U GS-SR101 Server and Onboard Intel NIC trouble..
 anyone?
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I'm happy to say that the problem was fixed with the latest version of 4.4
FreeBSD.

Many thanks for all the help,
Justin

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On Sun, 16 Sep 2001, Bryan Taylor wrote:

> 
> I had the same kind of problem few months back.  Was never able to find a
> solution for it (No help from Gigabyte).  It wasted 3 weeks of my time.
> Finally I decided to dump the Gigabyte 1U GS-SR101 server and bought a 1U
> server based on ServerWork LE chipset.  The Gigabyte 1U GS-SR101 was nothing
> but problems.
> 
> Bryan Tyalor
> P-Network
> 
> On Sat, 15 Sep 2001, Justin Stanford wrote:
> 
> > [Apologies for cross-post]
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm working with one of these 1U GS-SR101 Gigabyte rackmount servers, with
> > twin onboard Intel Pro NIC's, running FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE. It has a
> > pentium III 1GHz CPU, and 512mb RAM.
> >
> > When booting GENERIC, it get fxp0, and fxp1, as expected. However, upon
> > assigning correct IP's, and other network parameters, and extensive
> > testing between both cisco routers and other miscellaneous servers, I can
> > *only* get pings or other traffic flowing on fxp0, and not fxp1, not
> > matter what I seem to do. fxp1 appears to be up in all respects, but it
> > just doesn't seem to be working, whereas fxp0 works fine.
> >
> > However, I can ping fxp1 via fxp0, so the interface is up on the system,
> > but I can't get anything via fxp1.
> >
> > Has anyone else experienced this trouble? I hesitate to think that it is a
> > faulty NIC, but that's all I can think of right now.. is there a known
> > problem with FreeBSD and this hardware? GNATS and a search of the mailling
> > lists doesn't seem to reveal anything.
> >
> > Thanks in anticipation,
> > Justin
> >
> > (Kindly CC me any answers as I am not subscribed, thank you.)
> >
> > --
> > Justin Stanford
> > Internet/Network Security & Solutions Consultant
> > 4D Digital Security
> > http://www.4dds.co.za
> > Cell: (082) 7402741
> > E-Mail: jus@security.za.net
> > PGP Key: http://www.security.za.net/jus-pgp-key.txt
> >
> >
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